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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 3, 2014 8:59:31 GMT -5
We both know I could easily pull the FS1 card. But the A&M LSU game was closer and better so no need to use that excuse. Brother, I wasn't really holding this up as some kind of competition. I threw the line out bout Thursday night war last week just as a laugh. When I saw that someone wen t to the trouble of writing an article on it, I had to share. FS1 had no shot and anyone with any knowledge about cable systems in North America would have known before jump that they didn't stand a chance unless half of the FS1 capable homes in the south watched the UT/TCU game. That network just doesn't have the distribution yet. Oh I know. Thats why I said there is no excuse. Because even if they were both on network TV, The LSU/AM games was more competitive and would have gotten more views. lol
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Post by Waffel113 on Dec 3, 2014 9:19:04 GMT -5
twitter.com/MrCFB/status/539950519528488960According to him, the Committee told the SEC that if Bama loses on Saturday, the SEC is getting shut out. Anything to that, or just click-bait? I couldn't see Bama making it with 2 losses and no Conference Championship, but the latter point hasn't stopped them before.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 3, 2014 9:29:21 GMT -5
twitter.com/MrCFB/status/539950519528488960According to him, the Committee told the SEC that if Bama loses on Saturday, the SEC is getting shut out. Anything to that, or just click-bait? I couldn't see Bama making it with 2 losses and no Conference Championship, but the latter point hasn't stopped them before. I think it's true, if Bama loses the SEC is getting shutout unless there's a massive collapse of everything else. The SEC would need TCU, Baylor, Ohio State, FSU, and Oregon to all lose to even have a miniscule shot. Even then, I think it would be K-State, Arizona, Georgia Tech, and Wisconsin in the playoff. With the horrible loss to Indiana at home, I don't see the committee having Mizzou jump to the playoffs.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 3, 2014 16:17:00 GMT -5
FootballScoop:
Nebraska sources tell us Shawn Eichorst is targeting Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 3, 2014 16:23:00 GMT -5
FootballScoop: Nebraska sources tell us Shawn Eichorst is targeting Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema. Aw f***......Eichorst is gonna piss off both our local Huskers fans and local Hogs fans...... What if Bo was made the coach of Arkansas?
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 3, 2014 16:26:16 GMT -5
UAB will have to pay $2.425 million for canceling future games with Tennessee, Kentucky, Troy, South Alabama and Georgia State, sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy. UAB was scheduled to play Tennessee in Nashville in 2015 and at Kentucky in 2016. UAB must pay Tennessee $925,000 and Kentucky $500,000 to get out of those games. The Blazers also must pay for canceling future home-and-home series in 2015 and 2016 with Troy ($400,000), South Alabama ($300,000) and Georgia State ($300,000), which will cost UAB a total of $1 million to end.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Dec 3, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -5
UAB is getting it with no Vaseline from the UA System Trustees. But people say I should I still cheer for Bama because they're in the SEC. No thank you. I have a moral compass. Yeah, The University of Alabama is basically an evil empire (Most definitely in the state of Alabama). They own and have a stranglehold over the entire state. Everyone from the governor on down obeys their every order because, let's face it, football is all the state has. There's nothing else worth a damn in the entire state. And I don't say that as someone who buys in to stereotypical "LOL DUMB ALABAMA" jokes. Nope, I say that as someone who grew up in that horrible place and saw it all firsthand. I get that it sounds utterly ridiculous to anyone who lives outside of the state, but it's absolutely true. The University of Alabama (Namely its football program) run the state. If UA asked the governor to give his possessions to Nick Saban in order for him to stay, you bet your ass Saban would have them all by morning. When Saban was hired, local news went wall-to-wall in their coverage of it, if that tells you anything. I lived in Hoover(Just outside of Birmingham) at the time, I remember the news when they announced Saban as coach. They followed his car as he got off the plane at the airport all the way to the University of Alabama. It was ridiculous. And yeah, it's a religion in the state of Alabama. And like a lot of other religious organizations, it has very little tolerance for anything that steps into their territory.
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Post by ICBM on Dec 3, 2014 17:51:31 GMT -5
I as a fan of the SEC SEC SEC should be behind Bama all the way. As a primary I still want Bama to win Saturday just so we don't get to hear the one time warranted salt from sec haters. But the other part of me wants every single favorite to go down. Baylor loses to K. State, TCU somehow loses to Iowa state, FSU gets nailed by the triple option, Ohio State will job not because of the loss of Barret but because its tradition, Oregon loses three straight to Zona and Bama gets upended by Mizzou. Chaos....utter and absolute chaos. It would make the 2001 BCS look like a clean as a sheet high school football playoff quarter final round by comparison
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Post by JTH on Dec 3, 2014 18:42:24 GMT -5
I heard Greeny on Mike & Mike this morning say that using the "Eye Test" is a joke AND that FSU should be the #1 ranked team.
Proof why you should actually watch the game and use the Eye Test.
Saying FSU should be #1 won because they haven't lost is a complete joke and makes anyone that says that look very unintelligent. It's like saying Marshall should have been #2 for the same reasons until last week. But people weren't, because it's not about wins, it never has been. It's about who the Best 4 Teams in the country are. And no point watching a FSU game this year have I ever had that thought.
If this tournament is meant to be the 4 best teams, then I'm sorry, but FSU doesn't belong anywhere near it if we're going on that scenario.
And the 4 Best Teams throughout the year were Bama, Miss. State, Ole Miss, & Oregon. FSU might be 8 behind TCU, Ohio State, & Baylor.
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 3, 2014 19:01:37 GMT -5
But people weren't, because it's not about wins, it never has been. It's about who the Best 4 Teams in the country are. And no point watching a FSU game this year have I ever had that thought. Of course it's about wins, it always has been, which is why there are no 2-loss teams in contention. That's why Ole Miss and Miss State are not and don't deserve to be in contention for the playoffs. Miss State hasn't beaten a team that finished the season with fewer than 4 losses. SUre, they look great in the eye test when playing against weaker competition, but when they're playing with someone who is supposed to be on their level, they can't pull it out. That's disqualifies them from being a champion, champs can do that. Ole Miss cracked under the pressure twice in a row, and then got absolutely pummeled by a .500 team. If you lose to a team that is barely bowl eligible, you dont' get to play with the teams that pulled those games out like they are supposed to. Neither has a resume deserving of being in the conversation, and the right to have that resume looked at comes from your record, both how many ticks are in the loss column and how many ticks are in the loss column of the teams you've played. The arbitrary factors such as eye tests and such are what determines who ultimately gets to be in the top 4, but in the end, a 3-loss team will never be more deserving of the right to call themselves a champ over several major-conference teams with 0 or 1 loss. You can spin any factor you want to argue one team over another, you can't do that with records.
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Post by ICBM on Dec 3, 2014 19:52:13 GMT -5
Notre Dame 2012. Mike and Mike mention that when talking FSU?
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Post by JTH on Dec 3, 2014 19:56:55 GMT -5
But people weren't, because it's not about wins, it never has been. It's about who the Best 4 Teams in the country are. And no point watching a FSU game this year have I ever had that thought. Of course it's about wins, it always has been, which is why there are no 2-loss teams in contention. That's why Ole Miss and Miss State are not and don't deserve to be in contention for the playoffs. Miss State hasn't beaten a team that finished the season with fewer than 4 losses. SUre, they look great in the eye test when playing against weaker competition, but when they're playing with someone who is supposed to be on their level, they can't pull it out. That's disqualifies them from being a champion, champs can do that. Ole Miss cracked under the pressure twice in a row, and then got absolutely pummeled by a .500 team. If you lose to a team that is barely bowl eligible, you dont' get to play with the teams that pulled those games out like they are supposed to. Neither has a resume deserving of being in the conversation, and the right to have that resume looked at comes from your record, both how many ticks are in the loss column and how many ticks are in the loss column of the teams you've played. The arbitrary factors such as eye tests and such are what determines who ultimately gets to be in the top 4, but in the end, a 3-loss team will never be more deserving of the right to call themselves a champ over several major-conference teams with 0 or 1 loss. You can spin any factor you want to argue one team over another, you can't do that with records. We'll agree to disagree there. Also, the fact hat ESPN labels FSU's bogus win at home vs. now 5 loss ND as a "marquee win" is also a joke. I don't care what they were when they played, that team lost to Northwestern and 4 days ago was down 35-0 in the 2nd Qrt. to USC. If that is FSU's marquee win, then they deserve to be right where they're at.
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Post by Sparkybob on Dec 3, 2014 19:58:02 GMT -5
I heard Greeny on Mike & Mike this morning say that using the "Eye Test" is a joke AND that FSU should be the #1 ranked team. Proof why you should actually watch the game and use the Eye Test. Saying FSU should be #1 won because they haven't lost is a complete joke and makes anyone that says that look very unintelligent. It's like saying Marshall should have been #2 for the same reasons until last week. But people weren't, because it's not about wins, it never has been. It's about who the Best 4 Teams in the country are. And no point watching a FSU game this year have I ever had that thought. If this tournament is meant to be the 4 best teams, then I'm sorry, but FSU doesn't belong anywhere near it if we're going on that scenario. And the 4 Best Teams throughout the year were Bama, Miss. State, Ole Miss, & Oregon. FSU might be 8 behind TCU, Ohio State, & Baylor. If those teams are so great, why did they lose a game?
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 3, 2014 20:20:25 GMT -5
We'll agree to disagree there. Also, the fact hat ESPN labels FSU's bogus win at home vs. now 5 loss ND as a "marquee win" is also a joke. I don't care what they were when they played, that team lost to Northwestern and 4 days ago was down 35-0 in the 2nd Qrt. to USC. If that is FSU's marquee win, then they deserve to be right where they're at. I honestly don't mind FSU being 3 or 4, since to me seeding in a 4-team playoff is largely meaningless. I'm not convinced that there're enough teams to truly make a huge difference in matchups. Whoever wins will have to beat 2 dangerous teams, whether it's a 3 seed or a 4 seed isn't a very big difference. It's not like the NCAA tournament where some teams have to drag out 4 wins in a brutal division while others could sleepwalk to the elite 8. But putting 2 or 3 loss teams ahead of them is just a ludicrous notion to me, they're still undefeated in a power conference and they've won those games, which is more than you can say for any of the two or three loss teams in college football. Losing with style is in no way a substitute for winning. That said, I'd agree that Notre Dame isn't a marquee win. Their best wins are against Clemson, Louisville, and assuming they beat them, Georgia Tech. If they had a loss, they wouldn't deserve to be in based on that resume, but fortunately for them they don't have a loss and in any system before or after, the lone undefeated team from a power conference will play for the championship. Of course, I'd say the same thing for Miss. State, their wins aren't any more marquee than FSU's.
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Post by ICBM on Dec 3, 2014 20:58:17 GMT -5
Power Five schedule and undefeated Loses conference title game
That is FSU's bad luck Brian meme if they blow it. FSU as a matter for debate will go on and on until Saturday night when we know if they are conference champs. I give FSU ten times more credit than Ohio State as a playoff team. Yes, that loss still hurts that bad. (VT) I'm sorry man that team finished pretty badly.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Dec 3, 2014 22:00:59 GMT -5
I just really want Georgia Tech to win the ACC, somehow get in the playoffs, and win it all. I have no idea why, but I've always had a soft spot for them.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 3, 2014 22:29:08 GMT -5
Michigan going all in on Harbaugh
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Post by JTH on Dec 3, 2014 22:33:20 GMT -5
Michigan going all in on Harbaugh Seems funny they're going all in on a guy who won't even be available to take the job even if he did want it. He'll get traded from the 49ers to another team, he's not getting fired.
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Post by MGH on Dec 3, 2014 23:11:47 GMT -5
@deadspin Jameis Winston: "The only thing as vicious as rape is falsely accusing someone of rape"
Oh dear.
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Post by Killah Ray on Dec 3, 2014 23:14:43 GMT -5
@deadspin Jameis Winston: "The only thing as vicious as rape is falsely accusing someone of rape" Oh dear. Please tell me he wasn't this stupid...
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